Didjn't the DRG own Palmer Lake?
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "apo09324" <apo09324@...> wrote:
>
> Crane's Pond in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, now a city park. There is another lake
> north of New London, Iowa now owned by a country club, but I don't know the
> name.
>
> Ken Vandevoort
>
> --- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, John Almond <almondj@> wrote:
> >
> > Can you provide some examples of lakes owned by railroads? I never gave it
> > a thought, thinking that most water came from wells they owned or rivers
> > openly available.
> >
> > I can understand it as a tender¹s water capacity was greater by volume than
> > 50%, and water is heavier (no air content) than coal per cubic unit. A
> > further question would be later use of oil by steam engines is water
> > heavier than oil (I believe it is)? Did tenders carrying oil still have
> > less than 50% of the tender¹s capacity by volume?
> >
> > The simple statement provided here is what discussion is all about. It may
> > well provide the opportunity to think, answer a question or solve a problem,
> > but it should leave another opportunity for further discussion and
> > education.
> >
> > John in Tucson
> > ================================================
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> > On 3/5/11 4:36 PM, "cbqrr47" <cbqrr47@> wrote:
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> > > In 1940, U S railroads used more tons of water than any other commodity.
> > > Much
> > > of it came from company owned lakes and wells. Many of the lakes remain
> > > today.
> > >
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> > >
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> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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